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The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four major traditional festivals in China. “The fifth day of the fifth month brings Dragon Boat Day; mugwort hung by doors fills the hall with fragrance. We eat zongzi dusted with sugar, while dragon boats glide gaily on the water.” As an important carrier of traditional Chinese culture, this ancient festival has accumulated rich folk customs and cultural connotations over its 2,000‑year history.
To inherit and promote traditional culture, each branch held themed Dragon Boat Festival activities, focusing on sachet handcrafting and zongzi wrapping.
On the day of the event, the Moral Lecture Hall turned into a joyful creative workshop. A wide range of materials and decorations, including colourful silk cloth, threads, spices and beads, were available for everyone to design and craft their own unique sachets.
Everyone studied the making steps carefully. With video tutorials and patient guidance from experienced family members, those new to needlework managed to make fine pieces step by step.
From threading needles and filling spices to sewing up the edges, they learned and crafted earnestly, weaving their sincerest and warmest wishes into every sachet.
Then the sachets were decorated with colourful beads. Soon, uniquely shaped, fragrant sachets were finished one after another. Admiring their handiwork, our family members beamed with delight and could hardly put them down.
Welcome the Dragon Boat Festival and wrap zongzi! The canteen was filled with festive cheer, and everyone was eager to join in. Let’s get wrapping!
Fold the bamboo leaf, fill it with glutinous rice and sweet red beans, wrap it neatly and tie it tight with string — and a plump, firm zongzi is ready in no time!
Of course, only seasoned wrappers can pull this off smoothly. Many had rice leaking out while tying the strings. Thankfully, the skilled helpers stepped in to rescue them, resulting in lopsided yet heartfelt parcels. Though not perfectly neat, these hand‑made zongzi carried special meaning.
After nearly an hour of careful work, all kinds of zongzi lay before us, and the fresh aroma of bamboo leaves and glutinous rice filled the whole room.
Each bamboo leaf enfolds tender thoughts. Amid laughter, the zongzi‑wrapping activity came to a successful close. These loving parcels were boiled and shared with every Good‑Ark family member during meals. Through their sweet, fragrant taste, everyone soaked in the festive spirit. One family member said: “We hope next year’s Dragon Boat Festival will be just as fulfilling, joyful and meaningful!”
Eating zongzi, racing dragon boats, hanging mugwort, wearing fragrant sachets and tying five‑colour silk threads — these customs passed down through generations show reverence for nature and ancestors, express simple wishes for blessings, and hold joys and homesickness deep in our hearts.
On this wonderful festival, we sincerely wish all family members health and happiness this Dragon Boat Festival!
